Villa Franca is a Grade II listed building in the Mid Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 December 1972. A Georgian House. 3 related planning applications.
Villa Franca
- WRENN ID
- tired-tallow-peregrine
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Mid Devon
- Constituency
- Tiverton and Minehead MP: Rachel Gilmour (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 December 1972
- Type
- House
- Period
- Georgian
- Address
- Villa Franca, 9, Park Road, Tiverton, EX16 6AU
- OS grid reference
- SS 957 132
- Coordinates
- 50.90933, -3.48459
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Villa Franca is a detached house located on Park Road in Tiverton. It was formerly the home of Martin Dunsford, a local historian from the late 18th century. The house dates back to the 18th century and has undergone some alterations over time. It features a rendered mass wall construction topped with a hipped slate roof.
The exterior of the building is two storeys high with a symmetrical three-bay front. The entrance includes a six-panel front door, which is flanked by canted bay windows that are glazed with small panes. The right-hand bay has been enclosed with a later conservatory. The previous listing description also mentioned a three-storey north block that has flush frame sash windows with glazing bars and a steep roof.
The interior of the house was not available for inspection at the time of the survey, but it may still contain features of interest.
Local climate
Villa Franca receives an average of 870 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 63% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 68% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 25 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 73% of listed buildings. Of these, 9 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2000
- Related listed building consents — 3 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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